Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort (R) arrives at the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse for an arraignment hearing as a protester holds up a sign March 8, 2018 in Alexandria, Virginia. Manafort was scheduled to enter a plea on new tax and fraud charges, brought by special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian interference investigation team, at the Alexandria federal court in Virginia, where he resides. less

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort (R) arrives at the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse for an arraignment hearing as a protester holds up a sign March 8, 2018 in Alexandria, Virginia. Manafort was ... more

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Paul Manafort, left, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, walks with this wife Kathleen Manafort, as they arrive at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse for an arraignment hearing on his Eastern District of Virginia charges, in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, March 8, 2018. less

Paul Manafort, left, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, walks with this wife Kathleen Manafort, as they arrive at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse for an arraignment hearing on his Eastern ... more

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Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, right, arrives at the District Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Manafort faces tax and fraud charges brought by the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. less

Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, right, arrives at the District Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Manafort faces tax and fraud charges brought by the ... more

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Paul Manafort, center right, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, walks with this wife Kathleen Manafort, right, and Jason Maloni, Manafort's spokesman, left, as they arrive at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse for an arraignment hearing on his Eastern District of Virginia charges, in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, March 8, 2018. Bill Christeson, left, holds up a sign. less

Paul Manafort, center right, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, walks with this wife Kathleen Manafort, right, and Jason Maloni, Manafort's spokesman, left, as they arrive at the Alexandria ... more

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Manafort pleads not guilty

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WASHINGTON — Beleaguered Connecticut native Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Thursday to tax and money-laundering charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his wider investigation of connections between Russia and President Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Manafort said nothing in an hour-long appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Va., outside Washington, where a 32-count indictment against him was lodged last month.

Manafort faces a separate array of charges in federal court in Washington, which include money laundering and false statements.

The judge in the Northern Virginia case set a trial date of July 10. Manafort already faces a trial date of Sept. 17. A plea for more time from Manafort’s lawyer, Kevin Downing, met with no sympathy from the judge, T.S. Ellis III.

But Ellis, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, actually prompted Manafort’s lawyer to observe that the charges against Manafort are not specifically related to the central thesis of the Mueller probe: the Trump campaign and Russia conspiring to swing the 2016 election away from then-frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

“You’d like to point out it doesn’t have anything to do with Russia (or) interfering in the election,” Ellis said to Downing, according to Politico.

“You made my point,” Downing replied.

Through a spokesman, Manafort has insisted he is not guilty of all charges against him — even though his business protégé, Rick Gates, has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.

The indictment in the Northern Virginia case lays out a stunning list of purchases of real estate, clothes, automobiles and other luxuries from Manafort’s offshore bank accounts in Cyprus, the Grenadines in the Caribbean and elsewhere.

Manafort is the son and grandson of prominent business and political figures in Connecticut. Manafort Brothers, Inc., the construction firm, traces its roots to his Italian immigrant grandfather, James.

Paul Manafort Drive in New Britain is named for his father, Paul Sr., who served three terms as that city’s Republican mayor from 1965 to 1971.

Manafort is under home confinement at his condo, also in Alexandria. The judge in the Washington case, Amy Berman Jackson, has said she would consider releasing Manafort from home confinement if he can put up assets equal to the $10 million bail she imposed.